QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,13 June 2018

The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles.

This quiz is intended to introduce you to concepts and certain important facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil services preliminary exam 2018. It is not a test of your knowledge. If you score less, please do not mind. Read again sources provided and try to remember better.

Please try to enjoy questions, discuss the concepts and facts they try to test from you and suggest improvements.

Hope you enjoy this quiz. If you like it, then please share it. Thank you.

INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2017

Time limit: 0

Quiz-summary

0 of 5 questions completed

Questions:

1

2

3

4

5

Information

The following Quiz is based on the Hindu, PIB and other news sources. It is a current events based quiz. Solving these questions will help retain both concepts and facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil services exam.

To view Solutions, follow these instructions:

Click on – ‘Start Quiz’ button

Solve Questions

Click on ‘Quiz Summary’ button

Click on ‘Finish Quiz’ button

Now click on ‘View Questions’ button – here you will see solutions and links.

You have already completed the quiz before. Hence you can not start it again.

Quiz is loading...

You must sign in or sign up to start the quiz.

You have to finish following quiz, to start this quiz:

Results

0 of 5 questions answered correctly

Your time:

Time has elapsed

You have reached 0 of 0 points, (0)

Average score

Your score

Categories

Not categorized0%

Your result has been entered into leaderboard

Loading

Name:
E-Mail:

Captcha:

maximum of 5 points

Pos.

Name

Entered on

Points

Result

Table is loading

No data available

1

2

3

4

5

Answered

Review

Question 1 of 5

1. Question

1 points

The ‘KATRIN’ experiment is related to

a) Nuclear safety

b) Neutrinos

c) Sprites and jets (Upper atmosphere lightning)

d) Atmosphere of venus

Correct

Solution: b.

Researchers in Germany have started collecting data with a $71 million machine designed to help determine the mass of the universe’s lightest particle.

Physicists, engineers and technicians at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology hope the 200-metric tonne device will narrow down or even pinpoint the actual mass of neutrinos.

Those are sometimes called “ghost particles” because they’re so difficult to detect. Scientists with the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino experiment, or KATRIN, said they’ll be taking measurements “well into the next decade” and hope to produce “high-impact results.”

Researchers in Germany have started collecting data with a $71 million machine designed to help determine the mass of the universe’s lightest particle.

Physicists, engineers and technicians at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology hope the 200-metric tonne device will narrow down or even pinpoint the actual mass of neutrinos.

Those are sometimes called “ghost particles” because they’re so difficult to detect. Scientists with the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino experiment, or KATRIN, said they’ll be taking measurements “well into the next decade” and hope to produce “high-impact results.”

2. Question

Consider the following statements about Common Service Centres (CSCs):

1.The CSC programme is a joint initiative of the Ministries of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

The central government recently proposed to enable all CSCs to operate as business correspondents of banks

To become a Village Level Entrepreneur, the applicant must be fluent in the local dialect only

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Correct

Solution: b.

Common Services Centre (CSC) programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), Government of India. CSCs are the access points for delivery of various electronic services to villages in India, thereby contributing to a digitally and financially inclusive society.

Some of the preconditions for participating in the CSC scheme:

Applicant should be a village youth above 18 years of age

Applicant must have passed the 10th level examination from a recognized board as minimum level of educational qualification.

Applicant should be fluent in reading and writing the local dialect and should also have basic knowledge of English language

Common Services Centre (CSC) programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), Government of India. CSCs are the access points for delivery of various electronic services to villages in India, thereby contributing to a digitally and financially inclusive society.

Some of the preconditions for participating in the CSC scheme:

Applicant should be a village youth above 18 years of age

Applicant must have passed the 10th level examination from a recognized board as minimum level of educational qualification.

Applicant should be fluent in reading and writing the local dialect and should also have basic knowledge of English language

4. Question

Consider the following statements about the National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO):

1.NOTTO is under the charge of Director General of Health Services in the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

2.It is a statutory body that has been set up in accordance with the provisions of The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Correct

Solution: a.

About NOTTO: National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) is a National level organization set up under Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It has following two divisions – the National Human Organ and Tissue Removal and Storage Network and the National Biomaterial Centre. Both divisions have been set up as mandate by the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act 2011.

About NOTTO: National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) is a National level organization set up under Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It has following two divisions – the National Human Organ and Tissue Removal and Storage Network and the National Biomaterial Centre. Both divisions have been set up as mandate by the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act 2011.